KJV King James Version
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
WEB World English Bible
For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
ASV American Standard Version
For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations!
Surrounding context — Isaiah 61
8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] the seed [which] the LORD hath blessed.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels.
11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
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כִּ֤יH3588 · kiforכָאָ֙רֶץ֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planetתּוֹצִ֣יאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeצִמְחָ֔הּH6780 · tse.machbranchוּכְגַנָּ֖הH1593 · gan.nahgardenזֵרוּעֶ֣יהָH2221 · ze.ru.asowingתַצְמִ֑יחַH6779 · tsa.machto springכֵּ֣ן׀H3651 · kenrightאֲדֹנָ֣יH136 · a.do.naiLordיְהוִ֗הH3069 · ye.ho.vihYHWH/Godיַצְמִ֤יחַH6779 · tsa.machto springצְדָקָה֙H6666 · tse.da.qahrighteousnessוּתְהִלָּ֔הH8416 · te.hil.lahpraiseנֶ֖גֶדH5048 · ne.gedbeforeכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַגּוֹיִֽם׃H1471 · goynation
Cross-references
Mark 4:26-32And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;Isaiah 58:11And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.1 Peter 2:9But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:Isaiah 55:10-11For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth.Psalm 85:11Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.Song of Solomon 4:16Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.Isaiah 45:8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.Isaiah 62:7And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.Psalm 72:16There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.Isaiah 60:18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.Matthew 13:23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth [it]; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.Psalm 72:3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.Matthew 13:3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;Matthew 13:8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
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